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calimary

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29. Sometimes I wish I did, too.

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Here are 9 things many Americans just don’t understand — compared to the rest of the world [View all] muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 OP

KR&B...n/t ms liberty Mar 2015 #1

I am amazed at how many Americans think they are better off than Europeans because the gas djean111 Mar 2015 #2

It would be great to have a Eurotrain system here yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #5

We're much more spread out. jeff47 Mar 2015 #70

Oh, I know that, of course. I am just saying that pointing out how much more Europeans djean111 Mar 2015 #91

Flies right over their pointy heads... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #6

Yes. I have worked in Den Haag and in Tokyo, months at a time, and the transportation djean111 Mar 2015 #9

Well, come on over...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Holland and if Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #11

love the ease of transit in Europe Jon82 Mar 2015 #20

Density is the problem. jeff47 Mar 2015 #71

It requires thinking WillTwain Mar 2015 #90

And, millions of them revel in that ignorance - cling to it with a death grip... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #3

Well, 'Murika -- number one, baby! lastlib Mar 2015 #31

And, long may it be so...LOL! As I launch into a rousing Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #34

k and r. it is truly disspiriting to realize how skewed the average amercan's view of reality is. niyad Mar 2015 #4

Many of us DO understand. Sadly, not enough to make a difference. valerief Mar 2015 #7

+1. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #15

Poll after poll has shown that the average American wants Universal HC, truedelphi Mar 2015 #26

K&R Grey Mar 2015 #8

K&R Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #10

Serious question: world wide wally Mar 2015 #12

Actually, Canada ventured in to conservative media mountain grammy Mar 2015 #17

Well, you know what the most dangerous creature War Horse Mar 2015 #21

You can get the American Fox News on British satellite TV, though very few do muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #24

At least GB insists on a truth standard and does not allow unadulterated propaganda while still world wide wally Mar 2015 #36

Canada had "Sun News", or whatever it was called... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #74

I wouldn't stop at 9. the US is sadly deficient in many more areas of knowledge Demeter Mar 2015 #13

Precisely. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #16

+++ - and underlying each one of those is GREED - $$$ erronis Mar 2015 #46

K&R..... daleanime Mar 2015 #14

I am still wondering if I will ever see yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #18

I rode the bullet train from Amsterdam to Paris airplaneman Mar 2015 #38

Really good article Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #19

#3 does not work treestar Mar 2015 #22

The USA has a huge jail population because of crappy laws about drug posession muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #32

But those laws were passed by legislatures and signed by executives treestar Mar 2015 #48

'Civil liberties' are not entirely defined by the US constitution muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #51

Maybe but I don't see any other country as being ahead of the US on that subject treestar Mar 2015 #52

Yes, people in Europe can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #58

An international convention is not quite the same thing treestar Mar 2015 #59

Well, that's the general mechanism for Europe, since that was what I had mentioned earlier muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #63

what are the fundamental rights? treestar Mar 2015 #65

"Most valid jail population" ??? DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #39

Well we do have a system that includes the bill of rights treestar Mar 2015 #49

How about less institutional racism in our CJ system? DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #57

That's a problem, but right now, the law applies on its face equally to all treestar Mar 2015 #60

It's a bigger issue than jury bias. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #62

But their decisions can still be questioned treestar Mar 2015 #64

I'm not taking issue with the law as it is written. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #66

I meant that in the sense that treestar Mar 2015 #67

Understood. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #68

The law is only as valid as the actions of those charged to enforce it... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #76

Well said. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #87

How many of those monarchies have real political power... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #75

Xcellent piece. I'll print this off and post on wall ErikJ Mar 2015 #23

No. 1 is so true War Horse Mar 2015 #25

Most of them are simplistic. Igel Mar 2015 #40

well.... ensemble Mar 2015 #61

Don't paint this American with your broad brush. Cleita Mar 2015 #27

I would say it's more than purely Capitalism... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #77

OK. Would you go a step further and admit that capitalism breeds Cleita Mar 2015 #79

If left completely unregulated... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #80

thankful I live in Canada. riverbendviewgal Mar 2015 #28

Sometimes I wish I did, too. calimary Mar 2015 #29

Languages are another example where context matters. Igel Mar 2015 #44

I can only say that at times like this... elzenmahn Mar 2015 #78

no thank you, we don't want Ted . riverbendviewgal Mar 2015 #83

Too many Americans are idiots, racists, homophobes and/or whack-jobs who can't see LibDemAlways Mar 2015 #30

K&R abelenkpe Mar 2015 #33

I Wonder HassleCat Mar 2015 #35

I have known some to treestar Mar 2015 #53

No.... jeff47 Mar 2015 #72

The mass transit concept is solid and works when population density is high. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #37

#4 Mass Transit Is Complicated TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #41

Yes but moondust Mar 2015 #42

The current British Prime Minister doesn't appear to understand most of those malaise Mar 2015 #43

Toooooooo true. LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #50

Maggie was neo-liberalism on steroids malaise Mar 2015 #54

I don't understand how these people continue to get elected. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #88

But this is America! Land of the Free! Home of the Brave! Warpy Mar 2015 #45

Reality has a hoplessly liberal "bias." hifiguy Mar 2015 #47

The #1 thing Americans don't understand is that other people don't envy us. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #55

Very true. n/t BeanMusical Mar 2015 #84

Amen! Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #86

Add soccer to this list Chico Man Mar 2015 #56

Americans are in fact fucking hopeless about football, is true. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2015 #69

why do the idiots congregate HERE? BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #73

It's like that, "America: Love it or leave it" thing.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #85

The one i don't understand, they missed, is about the worship of the greenback nolabels Mar 2015 #81

Common sense will get you nowhere with the US masses. Unless you also inject fear. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #82

draconian, i say father founding Mar 2015 #89

Next time you're outside the country, watch and read their media. Marr Mar 2015 #92